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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Monhysterida

Monhysterina

Siphonolaimoidea

                Fusivermidae

      Fusivermis Tchesunov, 1996

Type species of the genus: Fusivermis fertilis Tchesunov, 1996

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 Marine nematodes.

• Body fusiform, strongly tapered at anterior and posterior ends.
  Female length 1.2-2.5 mm.
• Cuticle finely striated.
• Cephalic setae and outer labial setae in a single whorl of 10 labial papillae difficult to see.
• Stoma minute.
• Amphid circular
• Esophagus anteriorly thin, widening into a  muscular bulb posteriorly.
• Excretory pore posterior to nerve ring.
• Ovaries strongly developed, producing many small eggs.
• Male diorchic, testees opposed and outstretched.
• Spicules short, gubernaculum without apohysis,
• Tail short, conical with a termianl spinneret.

Ref: Tchesunov (1996); Fonseca and Bezerra (2014)

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Distribution:

Found in sublittoral zones at 10-20m deptha, Kandalasha Bay, White Sea in silt and fine sand.

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Feeding:

Unknown.

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References:

Fonseca, G., Bezerra, T.M. 2014. 7.14 Order Monhysterida in A. Schmidt-Rhaesa. Handbook of Zoology, Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifers, Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin. 759p

Tchesunov, A.V. 1996. A new nematode family Fusivermidae fam.n. (Monhysterida) for Fusivermis fertilis gen. n., sp. n. from the White Sea.  Nematologica 42:35-41.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 23, 2023.